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Chapter 7. The truth
M: A strong blow destroys the outer wall of the room, Scully screams and covers William with her body, I do the same with both of them, without thinking the three of us run out of the room followed by Skinner, outside chaos takes over, Doggett and Monica run towards us, we hear shots downstairs.
The doors down stairs were blown, There are ships outside, spaceships, if I had not seen them I would not believe it, can any of you tell me what is happening? - Doggett seems off, everything related to extraterrestrials is foolish to him, this should affect him more than any of us.
The smoker is coming for me, the ships are the same, he is controlling them, his plan must follow its course, he won't stop this time, he killed all that people at Skyland Mountain, he is trying to destroy everything because he thinks he is the only one who deserves to be alive, the men with him are clones, not hybrids like before, but this ones are as weak as the others - William's speech is stopped by a new explosion.
Scully is scared, but her eyes are full of anger, Monica gives her a gun and she immediately charge it, John gives one to me, I'm glad they are with us, Skinner's men are nowhere to be found, maybe they are death already, he seems worry too, he has been in this situation before, supporting us, he has been our friend for a long time.
New shots surprise us, hitting the wall next to us, they are coming from behind, they used the stairs, the elevator is not working, I shot to a couple of them, so does Doggett and Skinner, Monica and Scully are protecting William, we run down the hall with Will guiding us, we hide in a nearby room as more men go to where we were before, the hospital is being destroyed, more walls fall, we go out again to find a new group of men who this time shot us directly, but the bullets are floating in the air close to our bodies without hitting us, we all turn around to look at William who has an arm raised in the men's direction, we all look at him in disbelief except Scully, she puts a hand in his back, he looks at her and smile, their bond is amazing, we take the opportunity to kill them. William walks to the front passing through us with fury in the eyes, Scully tries to stop him by the arm but he is stronger, suddenly everything stops around us including Monica, John and Walter, there's no more noise, I can only hear my heartbeat, and then we hear footsteps coming from the stairs, first I see the smoke, then him, the Smoker, this is it, the final fight, it's now or never.
Well, well, well, I still can't believe that the boy is alive, you always get away with your porpoise Mulder, I guess I'll have to do the work myself, all the others are useless cowards
The three of us listen with hatred and amazement, how is it possible that everything is paralyzed except us? I didn't have to ask the question because he is already answering.
These ships were created with stolen Russian technology, it allow us to create a gravitational field where I choose who can move and who can't, and since war is never fair, I think I'll have to start by killing the boy.
S: Mulder's face is red with fury,I try to stand in front of my son to protect him, but suddenly my whole body is paralyzed, I try to talk but I can't, but I can still hear, so that means everybody else can listen and see what's happening but they can't do anything, William looks at me and realizes that I am paralyzed.
Leave my mother in peace - he yells
Your mother? but if you have never been with her, her fears were greater than the love towards her little miracle, she doesn't really love you as she says, you are as pathetic as them
Mulder pulls out his gun and points him
Leave my family alone, the only one who doesn't love anyone here is you, you say that I am your son but still you wanna kill me, you made terrible experiments to Jeffrey, you leave them to abduct Cassandra as much as they wanted, to your own wife, what are you going to say here when you are the evil itself
The smoker looks at Mulder seriously and then laughs
Always so pathetic and sentimental Mulder, that's why you never achieve anything
William raise his hand and put the smoker in the air asphyxiating him, I fly through the air and crush against a wall hurting my back, the smoker falls to the floor losing what seems to be the ship's control, while William runs towards me, holding me in his arms.
Mulder also looks at me and the smoker takes the opportunity to stand up and try to reach the control, but Mulder turns again and shoots, the smoker runs into a nearby room and the bullet can't reach him.
Oh William, you really surprise me, I guess my training really made wonders in you, too bad you betrayed me.
William frowns and closes his eyes tightly putting me on the ground with care, then holds his head as before, damn it, we forget about the device, the lone gunmen did not send any information about it.I try to get up but my back hurts, I use all my strength to sit down and I managed it with a scream of pain that makes Mulder look at me anguished, I tell him I'm fine while try to hold William's hands so he doesn't hurt himself.
Mulder walks towards the room with stealth, the smoker shoots out the window, but Mulder manages to dodge the bullet in time, William continues to scream, I tell Mulder to take control, he goes back to do it, I grab my gun with one hand and I bring her closer to me and I continue to hold William, but while Mulder walks towards the control, the smoker leaves the room and shoots him in the chest.
M: I feel a burning in my back and chest, I look down and see how blood begins to stain my shirt, I hear a scream coming from Scully, I turn to look at her while I fall to my knees on the floor, everything seems to move in slow motion, William holding his head, Scully putting him on the ground and taking her gun with both hands, the world spins and I feel how the cold tile hits against my face, I start to drown, a hot liquid wets my arms, it's my own blood, I hear a couple of shots before everything turns black.
S: I look at the man death in the floor, drowned in his own blood, two shots one in his head, one in his chest, William is now laying in the floor unconscious, I stand as I can and check the man's pockets looking for a new device and turn it off, then I run to Mulder, he is losing a lot of blood, but everything is still paralyzed, I look at the control and hold it with desperation, it has a lot of bottoms, what if I press the wrong one, so I crash it against the floor, after a moment everybody around me moves again, I hold Mulder and cry for help, everybody is in shock, they saw it all, John run downstairs asking for help, Monica is holding William, Skinner comes to me and try to hold Mulder but I don't let him, he helds my shoulder talking to me.
Dana, please, I need to take him to a room so the doctors can work, he lost a lot of blood
He is dead Walter
He takes his pulse and shakes his head denying, the doctors come and take him away from me, Skinner helps me to stand
Dana, he is not dead, they will save him
I look at him with tears in my eyes and cry in his chest but I remember my son is still with Monica, I look around and can't see him, Monica comes out of one room and I go to her.
Don't worry Dana, they are taking care of him now
The wait is eternal, some doctor healed my wound, William is still unconscious, something strange happened to him, the smoker could not disappear without doing something to remember, I just hope he wakes up healthy, I can't lose him after finding him again. Mulder is in surgery, the bullet pierced his left lung, he died twice for a few eternal seconds in which I almost went crazy so Monica took me away, now I don't know what's going on, I just need to see him, I need to know he's going to be fine.
Doggett is in the phone, he's been dealing with a lot of legal stuff with the FBI, they blame Mulder and me for the hospital destruction, we did everything we could to keep William away from this, they can't know he is our soon, his last name helped us. Skinner is also working with legal stuff, but related with Will, we need to know where are the Van De Kamps, I don't want him away again but I understand he is not legally my son anymore, Skinner comes to talk with me.
Dana? - I turn to see him - I have two news, the first one is all the laboratories where destroyed and the doctors arrested, the lone gunmen find magnetite in the device and two other unidentified compounds, the doctors said they are alien and as you thought, they were increasing William's abilities.
Thanks Walter, I really appreciate all your help, you are a good friend, now, what's the second new.
Well, I'm afraid is not good at all - he stops and look at me with concern
So? Tell me
The Van De Kamps are dead
I held my head with my hands - Oh God - while I start to cry, he continues
I know this is hard for you, Spender took them with William three months ago, but they were taken to a government secret facility called Black Space, the building has been used since 1993 to destroy evidence alien related and to torture the believers, this information were gathered by some of my men with the scientists and doctors who survived, we found the bodies there among others that we believe where part of the syndicate, what you want me to do?
I cry while I think, what will I do now? I can't think clearly now, How will I say this to William?, Monica puts her hand in my shoulder, I turn to look at her, she gives me a half smile and talk
I think we can handle this for her, right Skinner? She turns to see him and he agree with the head then he walks away making a phone call.
Thank you Monica, I really don't have head for think about that too, I feel responsible for this, William will be devastated, nothing of this would have happened if I were still his mother, if I didn't give him up for adoption.
Don't blame yourself Dana, you need to be strong for him, you couldn't have known, we all thought he was dead, I still can't believe he survived the explosion.
There are so many questions that will never have an answer - I close my eyes and think about Mulder, I need him now.
At that moment a doctor comes out of the surgery room and walks towards us, I stand up and wait for him to tell me how is Mulder.
Mrs. Scully, your husband will be fine, he lost a lot of blood but we managed to stabilize him and remove the bullet, the recovery will be long, but we believe he will be fine.
Thank God, thank God, I can't manage to answer anything to the doctor, it is Monica who thanks for me, I just fall hard on the seat where I have been the last four hours and I cry for relief, he is alive, that's all that matters now. My husband, only now I realize he said that, but I don't mind, we are much more than that.
W: I woke up two hours ago, my mom was seated next to me, but she looked at me with a sad expression, she was happy to see me well but she had terrible news for me, my parents are dead, he killed them, I started to cry but she was there hugging me and also crying, I still don't know what happened to my powers, but I can't use them, maybe they're gone forever, that isn't so bad, the smoker is gone so I don't need it, but what really worries me is where will I go after this, I know Dana and Fox are my real parents but not legally, my life changed so much in three months, I just hope the future will be better.
S: After a while I go to see Mulder, he has an oxygen mask, he is very pale, I put my hand on his chest to feel his breathing, I cry in his chest like that time after he came back to life, the door opens and William comes in, I leave Mulder's chest but remain sitted holding his hand, he walks towards us and he stands on the other side of the bed in front of me, Mulder opens his eyes and I take his hand to my lips to kiss it, he looks at me and gives me a smile, he tries to move but the pain stop him, William asks him how he feels.
as if a truck had passed me over - he laughs with difficulty
He looks at me again so I answer
I did it, I killed him
he sighs with his eyes closed, then he brings my hand to his face, pushes aside the oxygen mask and kisses my hand, I take the chance, I stand up and I lean over to kiss him, he holds my head with his hand, William clears his throat and I separate myself from Mulder putting the oxygen back on him, I get blush and Mulder smiles.
Sorry buddy, we just miss each other.
I see William seems worried, he told me about his powers but this is not about that, so I walk around the bed and stand next to him, he turns around facing me, I take his hand and tell him if it would be appropriate to ask him to come and live with us. He looks at me with tears in his eyes and nods, Mulder holds his other hand and we all smile, then I realize the only truth is that matters is that "We are a Family".
AUTHOR NOTE:
So this is the end, please let me know if you want a second part, everything is possible inside the X files, thanks for reading!